| November Virus Top 10
18 December 2006 - Avira discloses today the November Virus Top 10, drawn from our specific statistic sources and virus experts’ opinions.
First worm reaches MySpace website
7 December 2006 – The security of MySpace stands in jeopardy due to a modified Quicktime movie file. At the moment, anonyms try to spy out the user names and the passwords of the online community with the help of the java script support from Apple’s Quicktime – Player.
Harder and harder to detect phishing: New types of phishing emails in the wild
29 November 2006 - Harder and harder to detect phishing: New types of phishing emails in the wild
New cases of direct PayPal phishing
22 November 2006 - The Avira experts have detected new types of phishing emails targeting PayPal users.
Avira warns: New spam wave with anti OCR techniques
17 November 2006 – An uncommon “Pump and Dump” spam wave hit users’ inboxes in the last couple of days.
October Virus Top 10
10 October 2006 - One of the leading providers of IT-security software products, Avira, reveals today the malware ranking for October. As anticipated by the previous Virus Top, the "storm" began - the representatives of Stration family were aggressively spammed out. The result: half of the October Virus Top 10 is occupied by Stration variants.
New wave of spam: money lenders luring victims with lucrative job offers
2 November 2006 -Avira warns against spam mails in German with which middle-men are sought for dubious money transactions
September Virus Top 10
24 October 2006 - The latest Virus Top 10 released today by Avira shows that September was a period without any noticeable incidents, even if the total number of the threats identified by our Virus Laboratory increased with 9,3 % than last month.
Trojan disguised as a Microsoft security patch
19 October 2006 – The security experts from Avira announced that there is a Trojan in circulation, “TR/Dldr.Stration.C”, since last night.
New variants of the worm "Stration.C" sighted
Tettnang, 2 October 2006 – Avira has recognized some new variants of the worm "Worm/Stration.C"
August Virus Top 10
08 September 2006 - Avira reveals today the monthly malware ranking counting down the ten worst menaces encountered in August.
New variant of the MSN worms "Braban" sighted
05 September 2006 – According to press reports there is a new worm that spreads through the Instant Messenger MSN.
New Zero-Day vulnerability in Office 2000
4 September 2006 – A short time ago, the Avira experts detected a new Trojan which exploits the vulnerability from Microsoft Office that has not been closed yet.
Worm/Rbot.180736.7 exploits the vulnerability from Windows Server Service
01 September 2006 - According to the press there is a worm in circulation which exploits the vulnerability of the Windows Server (MS06-040) from the Microsoft Windows operation system.
Trojan hides behind a Telekom invoice
29 August 2006 - Since this morning there are some emails in circulation which are supposed to be Telekom invoices with the subject line: "Ihre Telekom Rechnung“(your telekom invoice).
New worm makes use of an old vulnerability
Tettnang, 29.08.2006 – The new mass mailer is called "Worm/Womble.A".
Caution with fake eBay invoices
Tettnang, 15 August 2006 – Since the early morning there have been circulating disguised emails as eBay invoice once again. The email texts announce high invoice numbers in order to induce the reader to open the attached file.
New worm variants that are using a vulnerability appeared
13 August 2006 - The press reported about some new bot-worm variants that are using a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows in order to spread.
July Virus Top 10
8 August 2006 - Avira unveils the malware hierarchy for July, based on thorough statistic data and antivirus experts’ points of view. After several months of Netsky.P supremacy, July brings in a new contender - Worm/Bagz.D.3 with 32.5 % of all infections detected this month, which entered directly to the first position.
Harmful code takes advantage of a security gap in Microsoft PowerPoint
21 July 2006 – Avira (formerly H+BEDV) protects users with its current update against harmful code that can be infiltrated in PCs through a shortly discovered security gap in Microsoft PowerPoint.
June Virus Top 10
05 July 2006 - No significant changes on the malware front.
Fake invoice hides a Trojan
30 June 2006 – eBay customers should check their online invoices very precisely for authenticity.
Soccer.A takes active part in soccer
20 June 2006 – The whole world was happy about the peaceful way the World Cup games were running so far.
Worm makes use of World Cup hype
20 June 2006 - First worm discovered that uses Wold Cup related emails for spreading.
New worm exploits Yahoo vulnerability
13 June 2006 - The users who have Yahoo as a web mail service, are endangered through the current worm "JS/Yamanner".
AntiVir with new heuristics for preventative protection
8 June 2006 – Avira has equipped its current June release of central AntiVir products with new, optimised heuristics: AHeAD (Advanced Heuristic Analysis and Detection).
A new type of phishing wave is on the move
07 June 2006 – Since Tuesday the 6th June, the security experts at Avira have been recording a higher level of phishing activity on the Internet.
May Virus Top 10
02 June 2006 - PayPal is back on top. The Chase Bank is no longer the main target of phishing authors
OpenOffice is vulnerable - Avira warns against the first macro virus
31 May 2006 - It is the first time that the experts detected a macro virus called “Stardust” in internet, which takes advantage of the Office-Suite OpenOffice for its attack.
Malicious: Windows update contains Trojan
30 May 2006 - The Trojan TR/Drop.Sinowal.U disguises as Windows update from Microsoft, which first started to spread last weekend through spam emails.
Update for the security gap from a Word document is now available
21 May 2006 - Avira provides an engine update which detects the exploit cod.
New security gap discovered in Microsoft Word Document
20 May 2006 - A new security gap is discovered in a Microsoft Office Word document.
April Virus Top 10
09 May 2006 - Two times in a row: the Chase phishing attack leads once again the phishing hierarchy.
Trojan hides behind the schedule of the Football World Cup
4 May 2006 - There are only 36 days left until the beginning of the Football World Cup and Germany is already in a fever of excitement.
New worm variants and new trojan appeared
The press reported about a new bot-worm variant that is using peer-to-peer network communication to contact it's bot net.
Avira brings W32/Polipos to a stop
26 April 2006 – Polymorphous viruses are real masters of disguise and particularly difficult to detect.
March Virus Top 10
13 April 2006 - Worm/Bagle.FI is dropping while phishing attack of the Chase Bank is beyond the usual EBay and PayPal top phishing.
The Trojan "TR/Abwiz.P" uses the WMF vunlnerability
The Trojan "TR/Abwiz.P" uses the WMF vunlnerability.
February Virus Top 10
08. March 2006 - The return of the Netsky.P. Avira reveals today the malware ranking for February, based on statistic data and experts’ opinion.
Further WMF security gaps despite Microsoft Patch
10 January 2006 - Further WMF security gaps despite Microsoft Patch. H+BEDV urgently recommends to update the AntiVir engine.
H+BEDV warns of the Zero Day security gap in a WMF file format
5 January 2006 -Update: AntiVir detects harmful malware in a WMF format. H+BEDV warns of the Zero Day security gap in a WMF file format since 28 December, which starts its harmful code by simply marking in the Windows Explorer. Two variants of this new security gap are known so far. We recommend all users, especially the administrators, to block all files that end with '.WMF' till Microsoft has provided a patch.
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